The mine-damaged destroyer HMS Matchless (1914) in the floating dock at Harwich.

A view looking towards the port quarter of the destroyer Matchless (1914) in a floating dock at Harwich. Her stern is missing, exposing her bulkheads, due to being mined on 9 November and her stern blown off. In the foreground is a ship's motor pinnace tied alongside the dock. The photographer was sitting in a ship's boat, which can just be seen in the bottom right of the photograph.

The negative has a small blemish in the middle of the photograph.

Object Details

ID: N22522
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hooper, Lieutenant Geoffroy William Winsmore
Vessels: Matchless (1914)
Date made: 1915; After 9 November 1915 February 1916
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Captain Gunn Collection
Measurements: Overall: 86 mm x 112 mm